Paper roll rack



Aug. 7, 1945; F. MELLOR PAPER ROLL RACK Filed Feb. 11, 1944 ZSnnentorFred Me //0/" (Ittorneg Patented Aug. 7, 1945 UNI-TED STATES" PATENTOFFICE PAPER ROLL RACK Fred Mellor, Shreveport, La., assignor ofone-half to Howard George, Benton, La.

Application February 11, 1944, Serial No. 522,201

3) acting through the center of gravity acts at 3 Claims.

My invention relates to paper roll racks and more especially to paperroll racks adapted to be tilted into positions to facilitate the placingof rollsofpaper into the rack.

A roll of wrapping paper such as the kind used by merchants for thewrapping of merchandise is quite heavy, almost too heavy for a ladyclerk to lift in loading prior art types of paper roll racks withstationary bearings inelevated positions. To load such prior art typesof paper roll rackswith a roll of paper it is necessary for the clerk tohold up the heavy roll of paper between the bearings and in alignmentwith the bearings while he -jo'ckies the ends of the axle into thebearings.

a distance forward of the pivot points P at which the standards 4 areattached to the foot plates I. I provide clamping screws '6 in threadedengagement with the standards 4 as a means for clamping the standards 4to the footplates I in the opcrating position to prevent my paper rollrack being accidentally pushed over on the counter C. The

shanks of the clamping screws 6 are positioned in An object of myinvention is to provide a paperrack support that is adapted to be tiltedinto a loading position to receive a roll of paper resting on a counteror other surface that my paper roll rack is mounted on.

Another object of myinvention is to provide a paper roll rack with guidemembers adapted to guide the ends of axle member supporting the paperroll into. the axle bearings of my paper roll rack. I Other objects andadvantages of my invention will appear from a reading of my detaileddescription to follow of thepaper, roll rack embodying myinventionshown' in my accompanying draw ing. a

In the drawing:

the standards 4 so as to fall into the clamping notches 3 mentionedabove when the standards 4 are brought into the uprighted or operatingposi'- tion. The standards 4 of my paper roll rack are board 9 by springhinges l3. The blade ll of the paper cutter I0 is joined to the outerends of the curved arms I 2. This paper cutter It operates in the samemanner as do the paper cutters incorporated in prior art paper racks.

' loosely fit into U'shaped axle bearings 8 attached Figure l is anelevation viewof a paper roll rack.

embodying my invention. V

Figure 2 is a plan view of the paper roll rack shown in Figure 1, shownin a tilted or loading position and, 1 Figure 3 is a side elevation viewof the paper roll rack shown in a tilted-or loading position.

The paper roll rack illustrated'in the drawing is shown mounted on acounter -C and supplied with'a paper roll R. r

In the drawing ldesignates foot plates secured v to the counter C byscrews 2. The foot plates I are provided with notches 3 in their upperfor purposes to be explained later.

A pair of standards 4 provided with feet 5 are pivotably -mounted on thefoot plates l at the toe ends of the feet 5. By this arrangement ofmounting the standards 4 can be tilted to the prone positions shown inFigures 2 and 3 or raised to the operating position shown in Fig. 1. Thefeet 5 on the standards 4 hold the standards 4 in the vertical positionor operating position under the weight of the paper roll R,- shownmounted on the axle A, because the force of gravity F (see Fig.

to the innersides of the standards 4.

The description of the illustrated paper roll rack embodying myinvention thus far recited, defines a practical, convenient, workablepaper roll rack that fulfills the first object of myinvention. Thereader can easily see that even without the use of the lifting guides I,to be described later, the ends of the axle A supporting the paper rollR can be easily moved into the U shaped axle bearings 8, when the Ushaped axle bearings 8 are lifted into horizontal alignment with them Myinventive concept in a paper roll rack, however, goes further than theconstruction thus far v where the ends of the axle A are seated in the'Ushaped axle bearings 8 merely by lifting up the head board 9 andswinging the standardsl' into an elevated position. To bring the roll Rinto proper position to allow. the guides 1 to contact the ends of theaxle A, roll R should be rolled on the counter C into a' diagonalposition with respect to the same at a location where the guides bymerely rolling the paper roll R on the counter 1 may be lowered past theends of the axle A. When the guides I are so lowered, the position wherethe head board 9 rests on the counter C the roll R should then be turnedon the countei C to bring the ends of theaxle A over the guides I. Whenthe liftingguides I attached to the standards 4 are being swung upwardlywhile in contact with ends of the axle A to an angular position such asshown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, the force of gravity acting on thepaper roll R supported by the axle A, the ends of which rest on theguides 1, causes the ends of axle A to roll down the guides 1 into the Ushaped axle bearin s 8.

My paper roll support can be made out of the same kind of iron or othermaterial heretofore used in the construction of prior art paper rollracks. The paper cutter head board 9, for the sake of economy, can bemade out of wood. The foot plates l and th standards 4 can be fabricatedfrom angle iron members if desired, or they may be cast in accordancewith well known prior art manufacturing practices.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A paper roll rack comprising a base means adapted to be fastened to acounter or the like, a paper roll holding frame mounted on the basemeans and adapted to hold a paper roll in an elevated position above thecounter or the like, the paper roll holding frame including a pair ofstandards extending in spaced parallel relationship from the base means,each of said standards being provided with a U shaped bearing having anopening located at a medial portion of the length of the standardadapted to receive the end of an axle supporting a paper roll, each ofthe standards being provided with a guide member in alignment with therear wall 'of its U shaped bearing, the guide members being adapted toguide the ends of the axle into the U shaped bearings, each of thestandards being pivoted to the base means to permit the paper rollholding frame to be revolved to a position where it contacts the counteror the like, whereby to facilitate the placing of the ends of the paperroll supporting axle in the U shaped bearings.

2. A paper roll rack comprising a base means 7 adapted to be fastened toa counter or the like,

a paper roll holding frame mounted on the base means and adapted to holda paper roll in an upright position above the counter or the like, thepaper roll holding frame including a pair of standards extendingin'spaced parallel relationship from the base means, each of saidstandards being provided with a U shaped bearing having an openinglocated at a medial portion of the length of the standard and adapted toreceive the end of an axle supporting a paper roll, each of thestandards being provided with a guide member in alignment with the rearwall of one of the U shaped bearings, and adapted to guide an end of theaxle into a U shaped bearing, each of the standards being pivotablymounted on the base means whereby the paper roll holding frame may berevolved to a position where it contacts the counter or the like tofacilitate the placing of the ends of the paper roll supporting axle inthe U shaped bearing, one of the standards being provided with a footmember adapted to hold the paper roll holding frame in an uprightedposition and a clamping means adapted to clamp a standard in an elevatedposition to the base means.

3. A paper roll rack comprising a base means adapted to be fastened to acounter or th like and a paper roll holding frame mounted on the basemeans adapted to hold a paper roll in an elevated position above thecounter or the like, said paper roll holding frame including a pair ofstandards extending in spaced parallel relationship from th base means,each of said standards being provided with a U shaped bearing on itsinner side, each of said standards being provided with a guide member inalignment with the rear wall of one of the U shaped bearings, said guidemember being adapted to guide an end of an axle into said U shapedbearing, each of said standards being provided with a foot memberadapted to hold said paper roll holding frame in an upright positionunder the weight of a paper roll supported by said paper roll holdingframe, said standards being pivotably attached to the base means at thetoe ends of the foot members.

FRED MELLOR.

